Contact:
brendan@brendanleonard.com
Statement:
My practice involves rearranging existing objects, language and periods of time. In creating these new structures I attempt to create or join in with a dialogue around them. Though making objects gives the work a still quality, it is through duration that it exists. By looping videos, I preserve their subjects, such as the sun at the highest point in a day. In drawing out moments like these I am exploring my own capabilities and power as an artist to set up relationships between things and people.
Bio:
Brendan Leonard uses a variety of media to explore the language and role of conceptual art in the 21st century. He received his BFA in
Media Arts from California College of the Arts in 2008, and lives in Oakland, CA. Brendan is currently co-curating the film/video/performance series, Night Vision, at the Climate Theater in San Francisco. He also very much enjoys playing the guitar and singing the blues.